Sidekiq 8.1 available

mperham · January 20, 2026, 5:13pm

Mostly maintenance changes, keeping things fresh:

retry and retry_for options are now mutually exclusive
Integrate Herb for ERB linting
Simplify Web UI CSRF code
Upgrade to connection_pool 3.0
optional support for idle Redis connection reaping

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# Sidekiq Changes

[Sidekiq Changes](https://github.com/sidekiq/sidekiq/blob/main/Changes.md) | [Sidekiq Pro Changes](https://github.com/sidekiq/sidekiq/blob/main/Pro-Changes.md) | [Sidekiq Enterprise Changes](https://github.com/sidekiq/sidekiq/blob/main/Ent-Changes.md)

8.1.0
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- `retry_for` and `retry` are now mutually exclusive [#6878, Saidbek]
- `perform_inline` now enforces `strict_args!` [#6718, Saidbek]
- Integrate Herb linting for ERB templates [#6760, Saidbek]
- Remove CSRF code, use `Sec-Fetch-Site` header [#6874, deve1212]
- Allow custom Web UI `assets_path` for CDN purposes [#6865, stanhu]
- Upgrade to connection_pool 3.0
- Allow idle connection reaping after N seconds.
You can activate this **beta** feature like below.
Feedback requested: is this feature stable and useful for you in production?
This feature may or may not be enabled by default in Sidekiq 9.0.
```ruby
Sidekiq.configure_server do |cfg|
  cfg.reap_idle_redis_connections(60)

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javier.cervantes · January 20, 2026, 7:01pm

Thanks for the update @mperham ! And welcome to the forum too

The “Allow idle connection reaping after N seconds” feature sounds interesting…

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